In case any of you were wondering what it is that gunsmiths do, here's an example:
The parts belong to a 9mm Jericho (Baby Eagle) pistol. The original parts were broken or missing, so I had to make new ones. These parts were simple enough to do by hand rather than order spare parts from somewhere and wait for them to arrive. The ruler you see above the parts has the measurements in millimeters (for those unfamiliar with the metric system, one inch is about 25mm). All parts are handmade from alloy steel, hardened and tempered with an acetylene welding torch. The part on the left was so small that it couldn't be polished properly on this side. The thicker part is 2mm and the thinner only 1mm thick.
As a sidenote, it seems that winter has finally arrived here. Now we have snow and everything. Yay!
The parts belong to a 9mm Jericho (Baby Eagle) pistol. The original parts were broken or missing, so I had to make new ones. These parts were simple enough to do by hand rather than order spare parts from somewhere and wait for them to arrive. The ruler you see above the parts has the measurements in millimeters (for those unfamiliar with the metric system, one inch is about 25mm). All parts are handmade from alloy steel, hardened and tempered with an acetylene welding torch. The part on the left was so small that it couldn't be polished properly on this side. The thicker part is 2mm and the thinner only 1mm thick.
As a sidenote, it seems that winter has finally arrived here. Now we have snow and everything. Yay!
uni:
Winter? Snow? Where? I don't see it.
ameba:
Well.. seems my joy was a little premature. There is still snow here, in Ikaalinen (about 260 km north from Helsinki), but the tempereature seems to have risen again and I guess it will soon melt away, again. There really was a blizzard here and a few days of freeze.. honestly 